Rhum HBS - Habitation Beauséjour - Varietal Selection - 55%
The renowned HBS rums are crafted with passion by Habitation Beauséjour, an iconic distillery located in the north of the beautiful island of Martinique. Founded in 1883 on a vast 150-hectare estate originally dedicated to a sugar factory, this operation was then called Habitation Chambert. Through several generations and facing the crisis in the sugarcane market, the estate temporarily shifted its production towards banana cultivation. However, in 2020, the visionary heir of the estate, Arthur de Lucy de Fossarieu, decided to restore to this place its original soul and primary vocation: the distillation of exceptional agricole rum. Since the replanting of sugarcane began in 2007, this crop has been meticulously maintained over 70 hectares, composed of 70% blue canes and 30% red and black canes.
Each harvest is done manually, following traditional methods, before being pressed in a single pass through an artisanal mill. Fermentation takes place in three stainless steel vats over a period ranging from 24 to 72 hours to reveal all the natural aromas of the juice. Distillation benefits from a nine-plate column still, prestigiously named "L’Isabelle", ensuring the purity and finesse of the final product. The rum is then reduced with exceptionally high-quality spring water, during four months of maturation with carefully controlled stirring and resting. About 50% of the production is kept in stainless steel vats to produce delicate batches of white rums, while the other half is aged in oak barrels to develop richness and gustatory complexity.
Varietal Selection represents the very first single-variety batch from the HBS estate, made exclusively from blue cane (B69 566), offering a unique and pure expression of the Martinique terroirs and traditional know-how. This high-proof agricole rum, at 55%, embodies the perfect alliance between authenticity, quality, and respect for ancestral methods.
